If Makhteshim Agan India fails to reply to the show-cause notice, its import approval could be revoked

The Union agriculture ministry has issued a show-cause notice to Makhteshim Agan India, the Indian arm of Makhteshim Agan (MA), a leading crop protection solutions company based in Israel, for "variance" in data of field evaluation studies commissioned by it. The studies were aimed at securing an approval to import a particular herbicide.